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How to Say ‘Don't they get tired?’ in Portuguese

Eles não ficam cansados?

eh-les NOWN FEE-kawn kan-SA-doosh

[eh-les NOWN FEE-kawn kan-SA-doosh]

💬 Usage Tip: ficar + a describing word means "to get" or "to become": ficar cansado, ficar contente "to get happy".

Phrase Breakdown

Eles não ficam

eh-les NOWN FEE-kawn

Don't they get

'Ficar' here means 'to become'. 'Não' is nasal: 'now(ng)'. Say 'Eles' as 'AY-lesh'.

Example

Eles não ficam em casa.

They don't stay at home.

Words in this phrase

Eles

[eh-les]

They

Used to refer to two or more people or things.

Example

Eles estão felizes.

They are happy.

não

[NOWN]

not

Used to negate the meaning of a word or group of words.

Example

Não quero comer agora.

I don't want to eat now.

ficam

[FEE-kawn]

get / become

From 'ficar'; here it means to become a certain state.

Example

Elas ficam contentes.

They get happy.

cansados?

kan-SA-doosh

tired?

Say 'kan-SA-dush' with rising intonation for the question.

Example

Estão cansados?

Are you (all) tired?

Words in this phrase

cansados

[kan-SA-doosh]

tired

Masculine plural adjective meaning weary.

Example

Estamos cansados da viagem.

We are tired from the trip.

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